THERE can't be many other industries that are so inextricably and directly linked to global trade and without which global trade would just grind to a halt.
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THE date? 14th June 2008. The time? 1pm. The event? The Making Waves Triathlon Challenge 2008. The cause? The Mission to Seafarers. The place? Canvey Island in Essex…
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According to Reed, 8 out of 10 is the number of graduates who only use the internet to search for jobs. Reed say that just 3% scour newspaper advertisements for jobs, 57% spend less than an hour researching companies before interview and 9% of graduates don't do any research prior to interviews…
Continue readingHOW TO USE APOSTROPHES (ARTICLE TWO)
WE are still slightly embarrassed to be running articles on this subject, but daily examples of apostrophe violence in CVs, emails, job descriptions and so on, give us the courage to press ahead against the snow storm of having better things to do.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Spinnaker's Nicola Melas, who has been promoted to Manager of our Professional Services recruitment team. Nic has worked in recruitment for “too many” years…
Continue readingIS ROLLED UP HOLIDAY PAY LEGAL?
To coin a phrase: “Yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah…” And that just about sums up the legal position, which is why so many employers are confused…
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